blue 音标拼音: [bl'u]
n . 蓝色,晴天,大海;忧郁,沮丧;蓝调音乐,布鲁斯舞曲
a . 蓝色的
蓝色,晴天,大海;忧郁,沮丧;蓝调音乐,布鲁斯舞曲蓝色的
blue adj 1 :
of the color intermediate between green and violet ;
having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky ;
"
October '
s bright blue weather "-
Helen Hunt Jackson ; "
a blue flame "; "
blue haze of tobacco smoke " [
synonym : {
blue },
{
bluish }, {
blueish }]
2 :
used to signify the Union forces in the American Civil War (
who wore blue uniforms ); "
a ragged blue line "
3 :
filled with melancholy and despondency ; "
gloomy at the thought of what he had to face "; "
gloomy predictions "; "
a gloomy silence "; "
took a grim view of the economy "; "
the darkening mood "; "
lonely and blue in a strange city ";
"
depressed by the loss of his job "; "
a dispirited and resigned expression on her face "; "
downcast after his defeat "; "
feeling discouraged and downhearted " [
synonym :
{
gloomy }, {
grim }, {
blue }, {
depressed }, {
dispirited },
{
down (
p )}, {
downcast }, {
downhearted }, {
down in the mouth },
{
low }, {
low -
spirited }]
4 :
characterized by profanity or cursing ; "
foul -
mouthed and blasphemous "; "
blue language "; "
profane words " [
synonym :
{
blasphemous }, {
blue }, {
profane }]
5 :
suggestive of sexual impropriety ; "
a blue movie "; "
blue jokes "; "
he skips asterisks and gives you the gamy details ";
"
a juicy scandal "; "
a naughty wink "; "
naughty words "; "
racy anecdotes "; "
a risque story "; "
spicy gossip " [
synonym : {
blue },
{
gamy }, {
gamey }, {
juicy }, {
naughty }, {
racy }, {
risque },
{
spicy }]
6 :
belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy ; "
an aristocratic family "; "
aristocratic Bostonians "; "
aristocratic government "; "
a blue family ";
"
blue blood "; "
the blue -
blooded aristocracy "; "
of gentle blood "; "
patrician landholders of the American South ";
"
aristocratic bearing "; "
aristocratic features "; "
patrician tastes " [
synonym : {
aristocratic }, {
aristocratical }, {
blue },
{
blue -
blooded }, {
gentle }, {
patrician }]
7 :
morally rigorous and strict ; "
the puritan work ethic ";
"
puritanic distaste for alcohol "; "
she was anything but puritanical in her behavior " [
synonym : {
blue (
a )}, {
puritanic },
{
puritanical }]
8 :
causing dejection ; "
a blue day "; "
the dark days of the war ";
"
a week of rainy depressing weather "; "
a disconsolate winter landscape "; "
the first dismal dispiriting days of November ";
"
a dark gloomy day "; "
grim rainy weather " [
synonym : {
blue },
{
dark }, {
dingy }, {
disconsolate }, {
dismal }, {
gloomy }, {
grim },
{
sorry }, {
drab }, {
drear }, {
dreary }]
n 1 :
blue color or pigment ;
resembling the color of the clear sky in the daytime ; "
he had eyes of bright blue " [
synonym :
{
blue }, {
blueness }]
2 :
blue clothing ; "
she was wearing blue "
3 :
any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are blue ;
"
the Union army was a vast blue "
4 :
the sky as viewed during daylight ; "
he shot an arrow into the blue " [
synonym : {
blue sky }, {
blue }, {
blue air }, {
wild blue yonder }]
5 :
used to whiten laundry or hair or give it a bluish tinge [
synonym : {
bluing }, {
blueing }, {
blue }]
6 :
the sodium salt of amobarbital that is used as a barbiturate ;
used as a sedative and a hypnotic [
synonym : {
amobarbital sodium },
{
blue }, {
blue angel }, {
blue devil }, {
Amytal }]
7 :
any of numerous small butterflies of the family Lycaenidae v 1 :
turn blue Blue \
Blue \ (
bl [=
u ]),
a . [
Compar . {
Bluer } (
bl [=
u ]"[~
e ]
r );
superl . {
Bluest }.] [
OE .
bla ,
blo ,
blew ,
blue ,
livid ,
black ,
fr .
Icel .
bl [=
a ]
r livid ;
akin to Dan .
blaa blue ,
Sw .
bl [*
a ],
D .
blauw ,
OHG .
bl [=
a ]
o ,
G .
blau ;
but influenced in form by F .
bleu ,
from OHG .
bl [=
a ]
o .]
1 .
Having the color of the clear sky ,
or a hue resembling it ,
whether lighter or darker ;
as ,
the deep ,
blue sea ;
as blue as a sapphire ;
blue violets . "
The blue firmament ."
--
Milton .
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2 .
Pale ,
without redness or glare , --
said of a flame ;
hence ,
of the color of burning brimstone ,
betokening the presence of ghosts or devils ;
as ,
the candle burns blue ;
the air was blue with oaths .
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3 .
Low in spirits ;
melancholy ;
as ,
to feel blue .
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4 .
Suited to produce low spirits ;
gloomy in prospect ;
as ,
thongs looked blue . [
Colloq .]
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5 .
Severe or over strict in morals ;
gloom ;
as ,
blue and sour religionists ;
suiting one who is over strict in morals ;
inculcating an impracticable ,
severe ,
or gloomy mortality ;
as ,
blue laws .
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6 .
Literary ; --
applied to women ; --
an abbreviation of {
bluestocking }. [
Colloq .]
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The ladies were very blue and well informed .
--
Thackeray .
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{
Blue asbestus }.
See {
Crocidolite }.
{
Blue black },
of ,
or having ,
a very dark blue color ,
almost black .
{
Blue blood }.
See under {
Blood }.
{
Blue buck } (
Zool .),
a small South African antelope ({
Cephalophus pygm [
ae ]
us });
also applied to a larger species ({[
AE ]
goceras leucoph [
ae ]
us });
the blaubok .
{
Blue cod } (
Zool .),
the buffalo cod .
{
Blue crab } (
Zool .),
the common edible crab of the Atlantic coast of the United States ({
Callinectes hastatus }).
{
Blue curls } (
Bot .),
a common plant ({
Trichostema dichotomum }),
resembling pennyroyal ,
and hence called also {
bastard pennyroyal }.
{
Blue devils },
apparitions supposed to be seen by persons suffering with {
delirium tremens };
hence ,
very low spirits . "
Can Gumbo shut the hall door upon blue devils ,
or lay them all in a red sea of claret ?" --
Thackeray .
{
Blue gage }.
See under {
Gage },
a plum .
{
Blue gum },
an Australian myrtaceous tree ({
Eucalyptus globulus }),
of the loftiest proportions ,
now cultivated in tropical and warm temperate regions for its timber ,
and as a protection against malaria .
The essential oil is beginning to be used in medicine .
The timber is very useful .
See {
Eucalyptus }.
{
Blue jack }, {
Blue stone },
blue vitriol ;
sulphate of copper .
{
Blue jacket },
a man -
of war '
s man ;
a sailor wearing a naval uniform .
{
Blue jaundice }.
See under {
Jaundice }.
{
Blue laws },
a name first used in the eighteenth century to describe certain supposititious laws of extreme rigor reported to have been enacted in New Haven ;
hence ,
any puritanical laws . [
U .
S .]
{
Blue light },
a composition which burns with a brilliant blue flame ; --
used in pyrotechnics and as a night signal at sea ,
and in military operations .
{
Blue mantle } (
Her .),
one of the four pursuivants of the English college of arms ; --
so called from the color of his official robes .
{
Blue mass },
a preparation of mercury from which is formed the blue pill . --
McElrath .
{
Blue mold }
or {
Blue mould },
the blue fungus ({
Aspergillus glaucus })
which grows on cheese . --
Brande &
C .
{
Blue Monday },
(
a )
a Monday following a Sunday of dissipation ,
or itself given to dissipation (
as the Monday before Lent ).
(
b )
a Monday considered as depressing because it is a workday in contrast to the relaxation of the weekend .
{
Blue ointment } (
Med .),
mercurial ointment .
{
Blue Peter } (
British Marine ),
a blue flag with a white square in the center ,
used as a signal for sailing ,
to recall boats ,
etc .
It is a corruption of blue repeater ,
one of the British signal flags .
{
Blue pill }. (
Med .)
(
a )
A pill of prepared mercury ,
used as an aperient ,
etc .
(
b )
Blue mass .
{
Blue ribbon }.
(
a )
The ribbon worn by members of the order of the Garter ;
--
hence ,
a member of that order .
(
b )
Anything the attainment of which is an object of great ambition ;
a distinction ;
a prize . "
These [
scholarships ]
were the --
blue ribbon of the college ."
--
Farrar .
(
c )
The distinctive badge of certain temperance or total abstinence organizations ,
as of the --
Blue ribbon Army .
{
Blue ruin },
utter ruin ;
also ,
gin . [
Eng .
Slang ] --
Carlyle .
{
Blue spar } (
Min .),
azure spar ;
lazulite .
See {
Lazulite }.
{
Blue thrush } (
Zool .),
a European and Asiatic thrush ({
Petrocossyphus cyaneas }).
{
Blue verditer }.
See {
Verditer }.
{
Blue vitriol } (
Chem .),
sulphate of copper ,
a violet blue crystallized salt ,
used in electric batteries ,
calico printing ,
etc .
{
Blue water },
the open ocean .
{
Big Blue },
the International Business Machines corporation .
[
Wall Street slang .]
PJC {
To look blue },
to look disheartened or dejected .
{
True blue },
genuine and thorough ;
not modified ,
nor mixed ;
not spurious ;
specifically ,
of uncompromising Presbyterianism ,
blue being the color adopted by the Covenanters .
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For his religion . . .
'
T was Presbyterian ,
true blue . --
Hudibras .
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Blue \
Blue \ (
bl [=
u ]),
n .
1 .
One of the seven colors into which the rays of light divide themselves ,
when refracted through a glass prism ;
the color of the clear sky ,
or a color resembling that ,
whether lighter or darker ;
a pigment having such color .
Sometimes ,
poetically ,
the sky ;
as ,
to fly off into the blue .
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2 .
A pedantic woman ;
a bluestocking . [
Colloq .]
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3 .
pl . [
Short for blue devils .]
Low spirits ;
a fit of despondency ;
melancholy . [
Colloq .]
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{
Berlin blue },
Prussian blue .
{
Mineral blue }.
See under {
Mineral }.
{
Prussian blue }.
See under {
Prussian }.
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Blue \
Blue \,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Blued };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n .
{
Bluing }.]
To make blue ;
to dye of a blue color ;
to make blue by heating ,
as metals ,
etc .
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Cod \
Cod \,
n . [
Cf .
G .
gadde ,
and (
in Heligoland )
gadden ,
L .
gadus merlangus .] (
Zool .)
An important edible fish ({
Gadus morrhua }),
taken in immense numbers on the northern coasts of Europe and America .
It is especially abundant and large on the Grand Bank of Newfoundland .
It is salted and dried in large quantities .
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Note :
There are several varieties ;
as {
shore cod },
from shallow water ; {
bank cod },
from the distant banks ;
and {
rock cod },
which is found among ledges ,
and is often dark brown or mottled with red .
The {
tomcod }
is a distinct species of small size .
The {
bastard }, {
blue },
{
buffalo },
or {
cultus cod }
of the Pacific coast belongs to a distinct family .
See {
Buffalo cod },
under {
Buffalo }.
[
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{
Cod fishery },
the business of fishing for cod .
{
Cod line },
an eighteen -
thread line used in catching codfish .
--
McElrath .
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1913 Webster ]
332 Moby Thesaurus words for "
blue ":
Alice blue ,
Amytal ,
Amytal pill ,
Brunswick blue ,
Caelus ,
Capri blue ,
Chinese blue ,
Copenhagen blue ,
Demerol ,
Dolophine ,
Dresden blue ,
Fescennine ,
French blue ,
Gobelin blue ,
H ,
Luminal ,
Luminal pill ,
M ,
Mickey Finn ,
Nembutal ,
Nembutal pill ,
Persian blue ,
Pompeian blue ,
Prussian blue ,
Rabelaisian ,
Saxe blue ,
Seconal ,
Seconal pill ,
Tuinal ,
Tuinal pill ,
Wedgwood blue ,
X ,
absolute ,
air ,
alcohol ,
amobarbital sodium ,
analgesic ,
aniline blue ,
anodyne ,
aquamarine ,
atrabiliar ,
atrabilious ,
azo blue ,
azulene ,
azure ,
azure -
blue ,
azure -
colored ,
azurean ,
azured ,
azureness ,
azureous ,
azurite blue ,
baby blue ,
bad ,
barb ,
barbiturate ,
barbiturate pill ,
bawdy ,
benzoazurine ,
beryl ,
beryl -
blue ,
berylline ,
bice ,
black ,
black stuff ,
bleu celeste ,
blue angel ,
blue devil ,
blue heaven ,
blue sky ,
blue turquoise ,
blue velvet ,
blueness ,
blueprint ,
bluish ,
bluishness ,
brine ,
briny ,
broad ,
cadaverous ,
cadet blue ,
caelum ,
calamine blue ,
calmative ,
canopy ,
canopy of heaven ,
cerulean ,
ceruleous ,
cerulescent ,
chloral hydrate ,
ciba blue ,
coarse ,
cobalt ,
codeine ,
codeine cough syrup ,
cold -
type proof ,
color proof ,
complete ,
computer proof ,
cope ,
cornflower ,
corpselike ,
crestfallen ,
cyan ,
cyanean ,
cyanine blue ,
cyanosis ,
dark -
blue ,
deadly ,
deathlike ,
deathly ,
deathly pale ,
deep ,
deep -
blue ,
dejected ,
delft blue ,
depressant ,
depressed ,
depressor ,
despondent ,
dirty ,
disconsolate ,
dismal ,
dispirited ,
dolly ,
down ,
downcast ,
downer ,
downhearted ,
downright ,
drink ,
eerie ,
empyrean ,
erotic ,
ether ,
filthy ,
firmament ,
foul ,
foul -
mouthed ,
foul -
spoken ,
foul -
tongued ,
foundry proof ,
fulsome ,
funky ,
galley ,
galley proof ,
garter blue ,
ghastly ,
ghostlike ,
ghostly ,
glaucous blue ,
gloomy ,
glum ,
goofball ,
grisly ,
gruesome ,
haggard ,
hard stuff ,
heaven ,
heavens ,
heroin ,
hop ,
horse ,
hyacinth ,
hyaline ,
hypnotic ,
improper ,
impure ,
indecent ,
indelicate ,
indigo ,
indigo white ,
infernal ,
isamine blue ,
ithyphallic ,
jouvence blue ,
junk ,
knockout drops ,
lapis lazuli blue ,
laudanum ,
lavender blue ,
lewd ,
lift ,
lifts ,
light -
blue ,
lightish -
blue ,
liquor ,
livid ,
lividity ,
lividness ,
lotus ,
low ,
low -
spirited ,
lurid ,
macabre ,
madder blue ,
main ,
marine blue ,
melancholic ,
melancholy ,
meperidine ,
methadone ,
methylene azure ,
methylene blue ,
morose ,
morphia ,
morphine ,
mortuary ,
narcotic ,
nasty ,
navy ,
navy blue ,
new blue ,
obscene ,
off color ,
off -
color ,
offensive ,
old blue ,
opiate ,
opium ,
out -
and -
out ,
pacifier ,
page proof ,
pain killer ,
pale ,
paregoric ,
pavonian ,
pavonine ,
peacock blue ,
peacock -
blue ,
pen yan ,
pensive ,
perfect ,
phenobarbital ,
phenobarbital sodium ,
plate proof ,
pompadour green ,
pornographic ,
positive ,
powder blue ,
press proof ,
progressive proof ,
proof ,
proof sheet ,
pull ,
purple ,
purple heart ,
quietener ,
racy ,
rainbow ,
raunchy ,
red ,
regular ,
repro proof ,
revise ,
ribald ,
risque ,
sad ,
salacious ,
salty ,
sapphire ,
sapphirine ,
scag ,
scurrile ,
scurrilous ,
sea ,
sea blue ,
secobarbital sodium ,
sedative ,
sexy ,
shady ,
shit ,
sky ,
sky blue ,
sky -
blue ,
sky -
colored ,
sky -
dyed ,
sleep -
inducer ,
sleeper ,
sleeping draught ,
sleeping pill ,
slip ,
smack ,
smalt ,
smoke blue ,
smoking -
room ,
smutty ,
sodium thiopental ,
somnifacient ,
soother ,
soothing syrup ,
soporific ,
spicy ,
starry heaven ,
steel blue ,
stone proof ,
suggestive ,
sultry ,
tar ,
the blue ,
the blue serene ,
titillating ,
tranquilizer ,
trial impression ,
tristful ,
trypan blue ,
turps ,
turquoise ,
ultramarine ,
uncanny ,
unchaste ,
unclean ,
unearthly ,
unhappy ,
unprintable ,
unrepeatable ,
vandyke ,
vault ,
vault of heaven ,
vile ,
vulgar ,
wan ,
weird ,
welkin ,
white stuff ,
wicked ,
wistful ,
woad ,
woebegone ,
yellow ,
yellow jacket ,
zaffer
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